Buy Quick Food Mart

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the back corner of Buy Quick’s refrigerated section—a bag of groceries wrapped in brown paper with no label or price tag. Curious, he picked it up and found inside only one item: a single banana, perfectly ripe and unbruised. He placed it back, puzzled but intrigued. Over the next few days, similar packages appeared—an apple here, an orange there. One day, a regular customer asked if they had any special fruit today. The clerk shrugged, ‘Just ask nicely.’ And indeed, every time someone did, a fresh piece of produce magically materialized from behind the counter. It became a quirky tradition until one day, when a delivery driver joked, 'Maybe we should charge for these!' Everyone laughed so hard that even the bananas started smiling.

2. Late one night, a delivery driver heard an eerie voice over the intercom: ‘Last one out, please turn off the lights.’ Curious, he looked around but saw no one. The next day, the sign outside changed mysteriously: ‘Open Only When Needed.’ Over time, whenever anyone left the store unlocked, the sign would change again: 'Out of Milk.' Finally, a regular noticed and said, 'Hey, I’ll keep an eye on it!' From then on, whenever someone forgot, they’d see a friendly note: "Store Closed for Lunch." It became a neighborhood joke—everyone knew who really ran Buy Quick Food Mart now.

3. A delivery driver arrived early one morning and found the store's security camera pointed directly at him as he unlocked the door. The delivery driver shrugged and thought, ‘Must be a new surveillance system.’ He went inside, did his thing, and left. Later that day, a regular customer asked the owner why there was a huge poster of the delivery guy smiling on the wall. The owner replied, ‘Oh, that’s our newest security feature—we’re hiring!’

4. A sign above the cash register at Buy Quick Food Mart read: ‘Please wait patiently—your groceries will be ready soonest.’ No one knew why it appeared there or who put it up. One day, an elderly neighbor walked in and asked the clerk, 'Why does it say “patiently”? Shouldn’t it be “patience”?' The clerk shrugged, not knowing. The old man nodded wisely and replied, 'Ah, well, I guess they wanted to encourage us all to be more tolerant.' Everyone laughed, including the sign.